CHAPTER 322: AN ACTRESS’S FALL

She smiled bitterly and once again tilted her head back to gulp down the alcohol. She just wanted to drink until she was passed out and forget about everything. At least in her dreams, she was still the young girl who knew nothing about the world, who worked hard every day to make a living, who racked her brains to become famous, and who was so proud that she would not let anyone bully her while sticking to her principles.

Those were difficult days. To become famous, she had to sacrifice some things in exchange for opportunities. She was a very proud woman and was not willing to do so.

When Cai Xiaojing first started to manage her, she told her that if she could just be patient, she would eventually succeed and that she would find a way to make her famous. Han Bi chose to listen to Cai Xiaojing. She was a good newcomer, took on the jobs Cai Xiaojing arranged for her, and maintained a moderate level of exposure.

However, opportunities came one after another.

She would pass on them once or twice with a cold smile, but what about when it happened more and more?

Other actresses who started around the same time as her were all doing well and living glamorous lives. She was the only one who, despite being a little famous, couldn’t land any good jobs. She could only watch them with envy.

She had always thought that if she just worked hard enough, she would eventually have everything.

She was no less talented or beautiful than anyone else, so she would definitely be successful.

She wouldn’t have to rely on any tricks to be better than others.

She had acted in one or two popular idol dramas and had some fame, which looked glamorous to others. But in reality, she was very poor. Anning took a big chunk of her earnings, then her agent took a cut, and by the time the money reached her, there wasn’t much left.

To maintain her image as a celebrity, she had to spend a lot of money on clothes and had to look glamorous, or the media would say that she was shabby.

She had been poor all her life, so she worked even harder to prove herself, hoping to have a better life, escape her poor family, and become successful.

So, she was even more afraid of the media writing nonsense and ruining her image. To outsiders, she was a little famous, but behind the scenes, her life was very difficult, and these were things that no one would ever know. Those days were really tough.

Later, when she was filming a cosmetic commercial, a director took an interest in her and wanted her to be the female lead in a TV show. The condition was that she had to sleep with him. If this had happened at the beginning, Han Bi would have just walked away and never spoken to him again. However, this time, Han Bi was smarter. She didn’t sleep with the director, but she learned how to play games and be smooth. He took advantage of her a few times, but she got the opportunity.

It was that TV show that made her go from being a little famous to a real star.

During that time, everyone was envious of her. Han Bi herself felt great that she had seized the opportunity without any unethical deals. She was very happy. During that time, she filmed a lot of commercials, participated in a lot of events, and a lot of films wanted her.

Slowly, she started to save up some money, and her life began to get better.

Han Bi had a fantasy that she would be an overnight success and have both fame and fortune. But reality didn’t go as planned. After the hype of that TV show died down, a new group of rookies from Anning, like Li Yuanyuan and Yang Yang, started to make a name for themselves and were very popular. Han Bi began to feel a sense of crisis. She had a chance to act in one of Lin Ning’s films and be on the big screen, but Li Yuanyuan stole the role from her.

The reason was that Li Yuanyuan and Lin Ning were good friends at the time, and Lin Ning liked her and replaced Han Bi at the last minute. Han Bi felt resentment. The opportunity that was supposed to be hers was given to someone else, and she was very resentful.

At that point, she had been in the entertainment industry for two years and had seen all the darkness. She knew the rules of the game. You had to have someone supporting you. At that time, she thought, "Why am I working so hard? If I sacrifice my innocence, I can become famous and live a good life without being oppressed and looked down upon. I can stop watching other actresses who started around the same time as me show off."

It wasn’t that she had no one to support her; it was just that she wasn’t willing to do what it took.

Han Bi was a proud woman, but the entertainment industry wasn’t going to be proud with her. If you couldn’t handle the game, you would be eliminated. There was no other choice. Every day, countless beautiful and talented women entered the entertainment industry. It didn’t matter who they supported. If you weren’t willing to pay the price, no one would support you. Nothing was given for free.

Cai Xiaojing saw her waver. Cai Xiaojing was also a rookie at the time and had only been an agent for a short while, but she had already made a few people famous. Cheng Anya valued her greatly. Cai Xiaojing told her honestly that if she could be patient for two or three more years, she could make her a big star. At the time, Han Bi was only eighteen. She was already somewhat famous, and she had been in two or three shows that had good ratings. But she was too young, and they couldn’t rush things. Cai Xiaojing told her to stay out of the spotlight because she could feel that Cheng Anya had high hopes for Han Bi back then.

Han Bi listened to Cai Xiaojing, and it was around that time that she met and fell in love with Ye Feimo. That was the gap in her career. At that time, Han Bi was in fierce competition with Li Yuanyuan, Yang Yang, and the others. She watched as they became more and more popular, while she had no special work. The only roles Cai Xiaojing could get for her were small ones. Han Bi felt very unbalanced.

Ye Feimo was very young and noble at the time. He only had one expensive watch on him. She loved Ye Feimo with all her heart, but she cared more about her own career.

She wanted to be successful. When she was young, all she thought about was how to become successful and how to earn more money to live a good life. She never thought about relying on anyone. At the time, she even thought that once she made enough money, she and Feimo could live a good life together.

At that time, she was very naive.

The slap was what completely changed her mind. At the time, Li Yuanyuan had made her debut after her. They were both Anning artists working on the same set. One day, she was in a bad mood because she had gotten into a small fight with Ye Feimo, and she accidentally bumped into Li Yuanyuan, who slapped her.

At the time, Han Bi was one of the four beauties of Anning International. Although she wasn’t the most famous, Li Yuanyuan was her fierce rival. Both of them were moderately famous. Li Yuanyuan was a little more famous, but she slapped her because of an unintentional mistake.

There were many other artists on set watching, but not a single person helped her.

In the end, under Li Yuanyuan’s arrogant gaze, she swallowed her anger and apologized. From that day on, Han Bi truly understood the reality of the industry and woke up completely. She decided she couldn’t wait any longer.

Cai Xiaojing always told her to wait and wait... But how much longer did she have to wait?

She was slapped by a fellow artist on set and became the laughingstock of the set. When she woke up in the middle of the night, the sound of the laughter was like a needle piercing her heart. The resentment in her heart grew deeper and deeper.

She ended up having dinner with an investor and sleeping with him...

At that time, all she thought about was becoming successful and not being a small artist who anyone on set could slap around.